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HP Unveils Miniature Laptop

USA Today
April 09, 2008 - Hewlett-Packard has unveiled its “Mini-Note” miniature laptop, marketed towards children and mobile users. Featuring an 8.9 inch display and weighing less than three pounds, the laptops will become available later this month. The scaled-down laptops are intended for tasks such as word processing and Web browsing....
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Philips to Cease Manufacturing TVs for North America

The New York Times
April 09, 2008 - Royal Philips Electronics has announced that it will no longer manufacture televisions for sale in the United States and Canada. While Philips-branded televisions will continue to be sold, they will be manufactured under license by Funai Electric....
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BBC Video Download Service Coming to the Wii

BBC News
April 09, 2008 - iPlayer, a video service from the BBC that streams the network’s programs to users’ homes by way of an Internet connection, will soon be coming to the Nintendo Wii. Wii owners in the UK will soon be able to stream video to their televisions using the console’s Internet Channel....
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Microsoft CEO Sets Three Week Deadline for Yahoo! Offer

Reuters
April 07, 2008 - Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Saturday that Yahoo! has three weeks to accept its $42 billion buyout offer before the software giant decides to lower its bid or take the offer directly to Yahoo! investors. Yahoo! had previously rejected Microsoft’s buyout, claiming that the offer undervalued the company....
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Wireless Spectrum Plans

Ars Technica
April 07, 2008 - AT&T, Verizon, Qualcomm and other winners in the nation’s 700 MHz spectrum auction have announced plans for the newly acquired licenses. AT&T and Verizon say they plan to develop Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks on their portions of the spectrum, while Qualcomm plans to deliver mobile TV service....
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MySpace to Launch Music Service

USA Today
April 07, 2008 - MySpace has struck a deal with several major music labels including Sony/BMG, Universal and Warner Music to offer their catalogs for streaming and purchase through its new MySpace Music service. The service is expected to debut in the coming months, giving MySpace users a new means of purchasing digital music downloads....
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IBM to Further Use Second Life for In-Company Collaboration

Digital Trends
April 07, 2008 - IBM has announced that it will host its own servers for the online world, Second Life, moving its operations in the virtual world behind its corporate firewall. The technology giant has long been a part of Second Life’s virtual populace, and by hosting its own servers IBM hopes to increase its private in-company work and collaborations online....
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Mobile Calls Cleared for In-Flight European Aircraft

BBC News
April 07, 2008 - New European Commission rules will allow individual airlines to decide whether or not to allow passengers to make calls with their mobile phones while flying in European airspace. The new rules allow passengers to use their mobile phones once a plane has reached an altitude of 3,000 meters....
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Yahoo! Reveals New Ad System Details

The New York Times
April 07, 2008 - Yahoo! has unveiled details for its planned AMP online advertising system, designed to simplify the task of selling online ads. The system will give advertisers the ability to focus their ads by demographic profile, but is not expected to be completed for several months....
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Electronic Arts Escalates Take Two Takeover Bid

The New York Times
March 14, 2008 - Electronics Arts has made a tender offer to shareholders of Take Two Interactive, promising $26 per share for a stake of the popular Grand Theft Auto developer franchise. The circumventive, hostile effort follows Take Two’s rejection of EA’s previous, unsolicited offer to purchase Take Two Interactive for $2 billion....
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